as soon as i get home from work i just start drinking very heavily until i pass out. it happens every day. if i dont have to work that day i start drinking heavily as soon as i wake up. i dont really like it but i just cant stop. i feel very sick if i dont drink alot. but i also vomit every day when i wake up because my stomach is so bad. and please dont say anything about AA meetings. i hate them. i went to one in my life. and that will be the last one.
2006-09-24 07:45:42 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
i must say that i have drank very heavily for many years. i just cant quit.
2006-09-24 10:11:32 · update #1
i have the same proble doll ,minus the vomitting but i take care of everything that has to be done b4 i pop a top
2006-09-25 07:13:59 · answer #1 · answered by redneckwoodman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went through the very same thing except that it got to the point where I never got sick because my body was so tolerant of alcohol. AA meetings didn't help me. What did help me is when I finally made up my mind to stop drinking for at least two months. I didn't drink any alcohol for at least 6 weeks and then one night I drank a glass of wine (actually 2). It actually felt good just to have those 2 drinks later in the evening. I enjoyed it but didn't get drunk and I felt good in the morning. So now all I do is just wait until 8 or 9 at night and have a drink or 2 then. Sometimes I don't drink at all. I think I needed that break to bring it under control. Good Luck!
2006-09-24 11:51:57 · answer #2 · answered by Bogie Boy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guess, what? You're an alcoholic! For real! I can say that 'cause I'm one too, and I know exactly what all that feels like. If you don't like AA meetings, you had better get some form of help, and at least seriously consider a long rehab to initially stop drinking. Right now you are physically addicted and you are also damaging your body. You're in the damned if you do and damned if you don't state. It ain't going to be easy, but if you want to live you'll get some help.
Right now, I don't drink at all, because if I start I don't know if or when I'll stop, but you don't have to think about that right now. All you need to do right now is admit you've got a big problem, which you just did, and go get some help, which you can do, right now, before you take that next drink and pass out.
Good luck!
2006-09-24 07:51:58 · answer #3 · answered by holden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You drink because "alcohol solves problems". Or so you think. Obviously you're not very happy with your life right now otherwise you'd be sober for 5 minutes to enjoy it. I went a few months where all I would do is drink (and yes, alcoholism runs in my family), and I drank because I wasn't happy with where I was in my life and just wanted to forget. But once the drunkeness wears off all those feelings are going to come back. So you just keep running around in a circle. And obviously, you like what you're doing since you're refusing help (AA has helped a lot of people, you would just rather drink than get help). Your problem with drinking is not going to stop until you figure out why you feel the need to drink ALL THE TIME. Maybe it's your job..if so, find a new job...your life is more important than work. Figure out whats causing you to be inebriated 24/7 and phase that out of your life. Get the alcohol out of your house. Don't go to bars. When you first stop drinking you're going to be in rough shape because of withdrawls, but once you get past that you'll be healthier and happier knowing you beat a disease that a lot of people battle with.
If you really want to stop drinking, try. AA meetings are full of people going through the same thing you are. I don't care if I mentioned AA, you asked for advice.
2006-09-24 08:06:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder why you do not want to go to AA. Isn't it like this that you seem to be unable to control your drinking? There is little else that can be done. You can go to detoxification and see that the booze gets out of your system---and then try to work in in the principle that you are not in charge. A lot of people think that AA is some bad thing, but actually, it is pretty good. I have a few friends who go there on a regular schedule and none of them is a "preacher" or else--they all are very tolerant people who work their program and stay sober with it. From what I'm told, everyone has to come to their bottom before they are willing to accept who they are and do something about it, so maybe that's what you still have to go through. There is nothing to be ashamed of, you don't have to become religious because of AA, all you have to do is be willing to stay sober---and as long as you are not doing that, that long do you not have a chance at sobriety and one day the booze will kill you.....
2006-09-24 07:55:57 · answer #5 · answered by MARIANNE G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow I went to tons of AA for a DUI and I too have a drinking and cigarette problem but one thing they said was change your playmates and your playgrounds. I was boozing everyday for the past couple of months just recently and then i got sick of it. Find somthing else to do ,make a conscious descion to do it without beers, try a few days may not get it the first day just try You'll never know if you don't honestly try hopefully you don't give up to easy
2006-09-24 07:52:23 · answer #6 · answered by Eric 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you truly want to quit, it's not going to happen. You say you hate AA but there is no magic pill to take that is going to work, you need to do the work. Whether that is AA or some other counseling. There are inpatient places you could voluntarily check yourself into to get sober. That would help you get over your addiction while you are there, it would be easier than having to quit while having to deal with everyday stresses, like work. Good Luck!!
2006-09-24 07:53:53 · answer #7 · answered by asueb77 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You drink because you are angry. You beat up on yourself through shame. The booze isn't an end in itself, it is a means to an end for you. Your goal is to keep yourself messed up. Why you want to do this is something you will have to work out with a counselor. But you need to get in and start talking like yesterday. If you can't put the bottle down, at least pick up the phone. Get into counseling. No excuses.
2006-09-24 07:51:10 · answer #8 · answered by Isis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are physically dependent upon alcohol. You feel a need to drink, almost in the same way that most people feel the need to eat. And once you start drinking, you are unable to stop. You've developed a tolerance to alcohol, requiring more and more drinks to feel the same effects. So when you try to cut down or stop drinking, you will experiences the symptoms of withdrawal: sweating, nausea, shakiness, anxiety and delirium tremens (seeing images, severe shaking, confusion). You need help buddy. Good luck!
2006-09-24 07:51:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you don't want rehab, and don't like AA meetings or help then maybe you should try smoking!Not the regular cigarettes either, the cigaweeds! Hell at least you wont be passing out or vomiting in the morning.
2006-09-24 08:07:29 · answer #10 · answered by Nikie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just start getting off of it very slow. like drink one less bottle a day. try eating healthy food. take snacks to work. start jogging around the block and if u live in a apart ment see if they have any activities. and do that. also u can try getting a friend. thats probably why u drink so much. UR LONELY!! try to find a friend ok?
2006-09-24 07:54:00 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋